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List all environments insights

DRF ViewSet mixin that gates coalesced responses behind permission checks.

The QueryCoalescingMiddleware attaches cached response data to request.META["_coalesced_response"] for followers. This mixin runs DRF's initial() (auth + permissions + throttling) before returning the cached response, ensuring the request is authorized.

Required API key scopes

insight:read

Query parameters

  • basic
    boolean
  • created_by
    string
  • created_date_from
    string
  • created_date_to
    string
  • dashboards
    string
  • date_from
    string
  • date_to
    string
  • favorited
    boolean
  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"
  • insight
    string
    One of: "FUNNELS""JSON""LIFECYCLE""PATHS""RETENTION""SQL""STICKINESS""TRENDS"
  • last_viewed_date_from
    string
  • last_viewed_date_to
    string
  • limit
    integer
  • offset
    integer
  • refresh
    string
    Default: force_cache
    One of: "async""async_except_on_cache_miss""blocking""force_async""force_blocking""force_cache""lazy_async"
  • saved
    boolean
  • search
    string
  • short_id
    string
  • tags
    string
  • user
    boolean

Response


Example request

GET /api/environments/:environment_id/insights
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "count": 123,
  "next": "http://api.example.org/accounts/?offset=400&limit=100",
  "previous": "http://api.example.org/accounts/?offset=200&limit=100",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "short_id": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "derived_name": "string",
      "query": {
        "embedded": null,
        "full": null,
        "hidePersonsModal": null,
        "hideTooltipOnScroll": null,
        "kind": "InsightVizNode",
        "showCorrelationTable": null,
        "showFilters": null,
        "showHeader": null,
        "showLastComputation": null,
        "showLastComputationRefresh": null,
        "showResults": null,
        "showTable": null,
        "source": {
          "aggregation_group_type_index": null,
          "breakdownFilter": null,
          "compareFilter": null,
          "conversionGoal": null,
          "dataColorTheme": null,
          "dateRange": null,
          "filterTestAccounts": false,
          "interval": "day",
          "kind": "TrendsQuery",
          "modifiers": null,
          "properties": [],
          "response": null,
          "samplingFactor": null,
          "series": [
            {
              "custom_name": null,
              "fixedProperties": null,
              "kind": "GroupNode",
              "limit": null,
              "math": null,
              "math_group_type_index": null,
              "math_hogql": null,
              "math_multiplier": null,
              "math_property": null,
              "math_property_revenue_currency": null,
              "math_property_type": null,
              "name": null,
              "nodes": [
                {
                  "custom_name": null,
                  "event": null,
                  "fixedProperties": null,
                  "kind": "EventsNode",
                  "limit": null,
                  "math": null,
                  "math_group_type_index": null,
                  "math_hogql": null,
                  "math_multiplier": null,
                  "math_property": null,
                  "math_property_revenue_currency": null,
                  "math_property_type": null,
                  "name": null,
                  "optionalInFunnel": null,
                  "orderBy": null,
                  "properties": null,
                  "response": null,
                  "version": null
                }
              ],
              "operator": "AND",
              "optionalInFunnel": null,
              "orderBy": null,
              "properties": null,
              "response": null,
              "version": null
            }
          ],
          "tags": null,
          "trendsFilter": null,
          "version": null
        },
        "suppressSessionAnalysisWarning": null,
        "version": null,
        "vizSpecificOptions": null
      },
      "order": -2147483648,
      "deleted": true,
      "dashboards": [
        0
      ],
      "dashboard_tiles": [
        {
          "id": 0,
          "dashboard_id": 0,
          "deleted": true
        }
      ],
      "last_refresh": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "cache_target_age": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "next_allowed_client_refresh": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "result": null,
      "hasMore": true,
      "columns": [
        "string"
      ],
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "created_by": {
        "id": 0,
        "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
        "distinct_id": "string",
        "first_name": "string",
        "last_name": "string",
        "email": "user@example.com",
        "is_email_verified": true,
        "hedgehog_config": {},
        "role_at_organization": "engineering"
      },
      "description": "string",
      "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "tags": [
        null
      ],
      "favorited": true,
      "last_modified_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "last_modified_by": {
        "id": 0,
        "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
        "distinct_id": "string",
        "first_name": "string",
        "last_name": "string",
        "email": "user@example.com",
        "is_email_verified": true,
        "hedgehog_config": {},
        "role_at_organization": "engineering"
      },
      "is_sample": true,
      "effective_restriction_level": 21,
      "effective_privilege_level": 21,
      "user_access_level": "string",
      "timezone": "string",
      "is_cached": true,
      "query_status": null,
      "hogql": "string",
      "types": [
        null
      ],
      "resolved_date_range": {
        "date_from": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
        "date_to": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
      },
      "_create_in_folder": "string",
      "alerts": [
        null
      ],
      "last_viewed_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
    }
  ]
}

Create environments insights

DRF ViewSet mixin that gates coalesced responses behind permission checks.

The QueryCoalescingMiddleware attaches cached response data to request.META["_coalesced_response"] for followers. This mixin runs DRF's initial() (auth + permissions + throttling) before returning the cached response, ensuring the request is authorized.

Required API key scopes

insight:write

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • name
    stringnull
  • derived_name
    stringnull
  • query
  • order
    integernull
  • deleted
    boolean
  • dashboards
    array
  • description
    stringnull
  • tags
    array
  • favorited
    boolean
  • _create_in_folder
    string

Response


Example request

POST /api/environments/:environment_id/insights
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/\
	-d name=["string","null"]

Example response

Status 201
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "short_id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "derived_name": "string",
  "query": {
    "embedded": null,
    "full": null,
    "hidePersonsModal": null,
    "hideTooltipOnScroll": null,
    "kind": "InsightVizNode",
    "showCorrelationTable": null,
    "showFilters": null,
    "showHeader": null,
    "showLastComputation": null,
    "showLastComputationRefresh": null,
    "showResults": null,
    "showTable": null,
    "source": {
      "aggregation_group_type_index": null,
      "breakdownFilter": null,
      "compareFilter": null,
      "conversionGoal": null,
      "dataColorTheme": null,
      "dateRange": null,
      "filterTestAccounts": false,
      "interval": "day",
      "kind": "TrendsQuery",
      "modifiers": null,
      "properties": [],
      "response": null,
      "samplingFactor": null,
      "series": [
        {
          "custom_name": null,
          "fixedProperties": null,
          "kind": "GroupNode",
          "limit": null,
          "math": null,
          "math_group_type_index": null,
          "math_hogql": null,
          "math_multiplier": null,
          "math_property": null,
          "math_property_revenue_currency": null,
          "math_property_type": null,
          "name": null,
          "nodes": [
            {
              "custom_name": null,
              "event": null,
              "fixedProperties": null,
              "kind": "EventsNode",
              "limit": null,
              "math": null,
              "math_group_type_index": null,
              "math_hogql": null,
              "math_multiplier": null,
              "math_property": null,
              "math_property_revenue_currency": null,
              "math_property_type": null,
              "name": null,
              "optionalInFunnel": null,
              "orderBy": null,
              "properties": null,
              "response": null,
              "version": null
            }
          ],
          "operator": "AND",
          "optionalInFunnel": null,
          "orderBy": null,
          "properties": null,
          "response": null,
          "version": null
        }
      ],
      "tags": null,
      "trendsFilter": null,
      "version": null
    },
    "suppressSessionAnalysisWarning": null,
    "version": null,
    "vizSpecificOptions": null
  },
  "order": -2147483648,
  "deleted": true,
  "dashboards": [
    0
  ],
  "dashboard_tiles": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "dashboard_id": 0,
      "deleted": true
    }
  ],
  "last_refresh": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "cache_target_age": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "next_allowed_client_refresh": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "result": null,
  "hasMore": true,
  "columns": [
    "string"
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "description": "string",
  "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "favorited": true,
  "last_modified_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_modified_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "is_sample": true,
  "effective_restriction_level": 21,
  "effective_privilege_level": 21,
  "user_access_level": "string",
  "timezone": "string",
  "is_cached": true,
  "query_status": null,
  "hogql": "string",
  "types": [
    null
  ],
  "resolved_date_range": {
    "date_from": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "date_to": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  },
  "_create_in_folder": "string",
  "alerts": [
    null
  ],
  "last_viewed_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
}

List all environments insights sharing

Required API key scopes

sharing_configuration:read

Path parameters

  • insight_id
    integer

Example request

GET /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/sharing
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/sharing/

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "enabled": true,
  "access_token": "string",
  "settings": null,
  "password_required": true,
  "share_passwords": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "note": "string",
      "created_by_email": "string",
      "is_active": true
    }
  ]
}

Create environments insights sharing passwords

Create a new password for the sharing configuration.

Required API key scopes

sharing_configuration:write

Path parameters

  • insight_id
    integer

Request parameters

  • enabled
    boolean
  • settings
  • password_required
    boolean

Response


Example request

POST /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/sharing/passwords
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/sharing/passwords/\
	-d created_at="string"

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "enabled": true,
  "access_token": "string",
  "settings": null,
  "password_required": true,
  "share_passwords": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "note": "string",
      "created_by_email": "string",
      "is_active": true
    }
  ]
}

Delete environments insights sharing passwords

Delete a password from the sharing configuration.

Required API key scopes

sharing_configuration:write

Path parameters

  • insight_id
    integer
  • password_id
    string

Example request

DELETE /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/sharing/passwords/:password_id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl  -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/sharing/passwords/:password_id/

Example response

Status 204 No response body

Create environments insights sharing refresh

Required API key scopes

sharing_configuration:write

Path parameters

  • insight_id
    integer

Request parameters

  • enabled
    boolean
  • settings
  • password_required
    boolean

Response


Example request

POST /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/sharing/refresh
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/sharing/refresh/\
	-d created_at="string"

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "enabled": true,
  "access_token": "string",
  "settings": null,
  "password_required": true,
  "share_passwords": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "note": "string",
      "created_by_email": "string",
      "is_active": true
    }
  ]
}

List all environments insights thresholds

Required API key scopes

alert:read

Path parameters

  • insight_id
    integer

Query parameters

  • limit
    integer
  • offset
    integer

Response


Example request

GET /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/thresholds
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/thresholds/

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "count": 123,
  "next": "http://api.example.org/accounts/?offset=400&limit=100",
  "previous": "http://api.example.org/accounts/?offset=200&limit=100",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "name": "string",
      "configuration": {
        "bounds": null,
        "type": "absolute"
      },
      "alerts": [
        {
          "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
          "created_by": {
            "id": 0,
            "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
            "distinct_id": "string",
            "first_name": "string",
            "last_name": "string",
            "email": "user@example.com",
            "is_email_verified": true,
            "hedgehog_config": {},
            "role_at_organization": "engineering"
          },
          "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "insight": 0,
          "name": "string",
          "subscribed_users": [
            0
          ],
          "threshold": {
            "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
            "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
            "name": "string",
            "configuration": {
              "bounds": null,
              "type": "absolute"
            }
          },
          "condition": {
            "type": "absolute_value"
          },
          "state": "string",
          "enabled": true,
          "last_notified_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "last_checked_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "next_check_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "checks": [
            {
              "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
              "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
              "calculated_value": 0,
              "state": "Firing",
              "targets_notified": true,
              "anomaly_scores": null,
              "triggered_points": null,
              "triggered_dates": null,
              "interval": "string",
              "triggered_metadata": null,
              "investigation_status": "pending",
              "investigation_verdict": "true_positive",
              "investigation_summary": "string",
              "investigation_notebook_short_id": "string",
              "notification_sent_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
              "notification_suppressed_by_agent": true
            }
          ],
          "checks_total": 0,
          "config": {
            "check_ongoing_interval": null,
            "series_index": 0,
            "type": "TrendsAlertConfig"
          },
          "detector_config": {
            "detectors": [
              {
                "preprocessing": null,
                "threshold": null,
                "type": "zscore",
                "window": null
              }
            ],
            "operator": "and",
            "type": "ensemble"
          },
          "calculation_interval": "hourly",
          "snoozed_until": "string",
          "skip_weekend": true,
          "schedule_restriction": {
            "blocked_windows": [
              {
                "start": "string",
                "end": "string"
              }
            ]
          },
          "last_value": 0,
          "investigation_agent_enabled": true,
          "investigation_gates_notifications": true,
          "investigation_inconclusive_action": "notify"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Retrieve environments insights thresholds

Required API key scopes

alert:read

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • insight_id
    integer

Response


Example request

GET /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/thresholds/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:insight_id/thresholds/:id/

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "name": "string",
  "configuration": {
    "bounds": null,
    "type": "absolute"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
      "created_by": {
        "id": 0,
        "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
        "distinct_id": "string",
        "first_name": "string",
        "last_name": "string",
        "email": "user@example.com",
        "is_email_verified": true,
        "hedgehog_config": {},
        "role_at_organization": "engineering"
      },
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "insight": 0,
      "name": "string",
      "subscribed_users": [
        0
      ],
      "threshold": {
        "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
        "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
        "name": "string",
        "configuration": {
          "bounds": null,
          "type": "absolute"
        }
      },
      "condition": {
        "type": "absolute_value"
      },
      "state": "string",
      "enabled": true,
      "last_notified_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "last_checked_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "next_check_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "checks": [
        {
          "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
          "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "calculated_value": 0,
          "state": "Firing",
          "targets_notified": true,
          "anomaly_scores": null,
          "triggered_points": null,
          "triggered_dates": null,
          "interval": "string",
          "triggered_metadata": null,
          "investigation_status": "pending",
          "investigation_verdict": "true_positive",
          "investigation_summary": "string",
          "investigation_notebook_short_id": "string",
          "notification_sent_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "notification_suppressed_by_agent": true
        }
      ],
      "checks_total": 0,
      "config": {
        "check_ongoing_interval": null,
        "series_index": 0,
        "type": "TrendsAlertConfig"
      },
      "detector_config": {
        "detectors": [
          {
            "preprocessing": null,
            "threshold": null,
            "type": "zscore",
            "window": null
          }
        ],
        "operator": "and",
        "type": "ensemble"
      },
      "calculation_interval": "hourly",
      "snoozed_until": "string",
      "skip_weekend": true,
      "schedule_restriction": {
        "blocked_windows": [
          {
            "start": "string",
            "end": "string"
          }
        ]
      },
      "last_value": 0,
      "investigation_agent_enabled": true,
      "investigation_gates_notifications": true,
      "investigation_inconclusive_action": "notify"
    }
  ]
}

Retrieve environments insights

DRF ViewSet mixin that gates coalesced responses behind permission checks.

The QueryCoalescingMiddleware attaches cached response data to request.META["_coalesced_response"] for followers. This mixin runs DRF's initial() (auth + permissions + throttling) before returning the cached response, ensuring the request is authorized.

Required API key scopes

insight:read

Path parameters

  • id

Query parameters

  • filters_override
    string
  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"
  • from_dashboard
    integer
  • refresh
    string
    Default: force_cache
    One of: "async""async_except_on_cache_miss""blocking""force_async""force_blocking""force_cache""lazy_async"
  • variables_override
    string

Response


Example request

GET /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id/

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "short_id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "derived_name": "string",
  "query": {
    "embedded": null,
    "full": null,
    "hidePersonsModal": null,
    "hideTooltipOnScroll": null,
    "kind": "InsightVizNode",
    "showCorrelationTable": null,
    "showFilters": null,
    "showHeader": null,
    "showLastComputation": null,
    "showLastComputationRefresh": null,
    "showResults": null,
    "showTable": null,
    "source": {
      "aggregation_group_type_index": null,
      "breakdownFilter": null,
      "compareFilter": null,
      "conversionGoal": null,
      "dataColorTheme": null,
      "dateRange": null,
      "filterTestAccounts": false,
      "interval": "day",
      "kind": "TrendsQuery",
      "modifiers": null,
      "properties": [],
      "response": null,
      "samplingFactor": null,
      "series": [
        {
          "custom_name": null,
          "fixedProperties": null,
          "kind": "GroupNode",
          "limit": null,
          "math": null,
          "math_group_type_index": null,
          "math_hogql": null,
          "math_multiplier": null,
          "math_property": null,
          "math_property_revenue_currency": null,
          "math_property_type": null,
          "name": null,
          "nodes": [
            {
              "custom_name": null,
              "event": null,
              "fixedProperties": null,
              "kind": "EventsNode",
              "limit": null,
              "math": null,
              "math_group_type_index": null,
              "math_hogql": null,
              "math_multiplier": null,
              "math_property": null,
              "math_property_revenue_currency": null,
              "math_property_type": null,
              "name": null,
              "optionalInFunnel": null,
              "orderBy": null,
              "properties": null,
              "response": null,
              "version": null
            }
          ],
          "operator": "AND",
          "optionalInFunnel": null,
          "orderBy": null,
          "properties": null,
          "response": null,
          "version": null
        }
      ],
      "tags": null,
      "trendsFilter": null,
      "version": null
    },
    "suppressSessionAnalysisWarning": null,
    "version": null,
    "vizSpecificOptions": null
  },
  "order": -2147483648,
  "deleted": true,
  "dashboards": [
    0
  ],
  "dashboard_tiles": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "dashboard_id": 0,
      "deleted": true
    }
  ],
  "last_refresh": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "cache_target_age": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "next_allowed_client_refresh": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "result": null,
  "hasMore": true,
  "columns": [
    "string"
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "description": "string",
  "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "favorited": true,
  "last_modified_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_modified_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "is_sample": true,
  "effective_restriction_level": 21,
  "effective_privilege_level": 21,
  "user_access_level": "string",
  "timezone": "string",
  "is_cached": true,
  "query_status": null,
  "hogql": "string",
  "types": [
    null
  ],
  "resolved_date_range": {
    "date_from": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "date_to": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  },
  "_create_in_folder": "string",
  "alerts": [
    null
  ],
  "last_viewed_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
}

Update environments insights

DRF ViewSet mixin that gates coalesced responses behind permission checks.

The QueryCoalescingMiddleware attaches cached response data to request.META["_coalesced_response"] for followers. This mixin runs DRF's initial() (auth + permissions + throttling) before returning the cached response, ensuring the request is authorized.

Required API key scopes

insight:write

Path parameters

  • id

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • name
    stringnull
  • derived_name
    stringnull
  • query
  • order
    integernull
  • deleted
    boolean
  • dashboards
    array
  • description
    stringnull
  • tags
    array
  • favorited
    boolean
  • _create_in_folder
    string

Response


Example request

PATCH /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl -X PATCH \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id/\
	-d name=["string","null"]

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "short_id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "derived_name": "string",
  "query": {
    "embedded": null,
    "full": null,
    "hidePersonsModal": null,
    "hideTooltipOnScroll": null,
    "kind": "InsightVizNode",
    "showCorrelationTable": null,
    "showFilters": null,
    "showHeader": null,
    "showLastComputation": null,
    "showLastComputationRefresh": null,
    "showResults": null,
    "showTable": null,
    "source": {
      "aggregation_group_type_index": null,
      "breakdownFilter": null,
      "compareFilter": null,
      "conversionGoal": null,
      "dataColorTheme": null,
      "dateRange": null,
      "filterTestAccounts": false,
      "interval": "day",
      "kind": "TrendsQuery",
      "modifiers": null,
      "properties": [],
      "response": null,
      "samplingFactor": null,
      "series": [
        {
          "custom_name": null,
          "fixedProperties": null,
          "kind": "GroupNode",
          "limit": null,
          "math": null,
          "math_group_type_index": null,
          "math_hogql": null,
          "math_multiplier": null,
          "math_property": null,
          "math_property_revenue_currency": null,
          "math_property_type": null,
          "name": null,
          "nodes": [
            {
              "custom_name": null,
              "event": null,
              "fixedProperties": null,
              "kind": "EventsNode",
              "limit": null,
              "math": null,
              "math_group_type_index": null,
              "math_hogql": null,
              "math_multiplier": null,
              "math_property": null,
              "math_property_revenue_currency": null,
              "math_property_type": null,
              "name": null,
              "optionalInFunnel": null,
              "orderBy": null,
              "properties": null,
              "response": null,
              "version": null
            }
          ],
          "operator": "AND",
          "optionalInFunnel": null,
          "orderBy": null,
          "properties": null,
          "response": null,
          "version": null
        }
      ],
      "tags": null,
      "trendsFilter": null,
      "version": null
    },
    "suppressSessionAnalysisWarning": null,
    "version": null,
    "vizSpecificOptions": null
  },
  "order": -2147483648,
  "deleted": true,
  "dashboards": [
    0
  ],
  "dashboard_tiles": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "dashboard_id": 0,
      "deleted": true
    }
  ],
  "last_refresh": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "cache_target_age": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "next_allowed_client_refresh": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "result": null,
  "hasMore": true,
  "columns": [
    "string"
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "description": "string",
  "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "favorited": true,
  "last_modified_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_modified_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "is_sample": true,
  "effective_restriction_level": 21,
  "effective_privilege_level": 21,
  "user_access_level": "string",
  "timezone": "string",
  "is_cached": true,
  "query_status": null,
  "hogql": "string",
  "types": [
    null
  ],
  "resolved_date_range": {
    "date_from": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "date_to": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  },
  "_create_in_folder": "string",
  "alerts": [
    null
  ],
  "last_viewed_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
}

Delete environments insights

Hard delete of this model is not allowed. Use a patch API call to set "deleted" to true

Required API key scopes

insight:write

Path parameters

  • id

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Example request

DELETE /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl  -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id/

Example response

Status 405 No response body

Retrieve environments insights activity

Audit trail for a single insight — every change made to it, by whom, and when. Use this when you want the change history of a specific insight; use the project-wide activity endpoint for a broader view.

Required API key scopes

activity_log:read

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"
  • limit
    integer
  • page
    integer

Response


Example request

GET /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id/activity
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id/activity/

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
      "user": {},
      "activity": "string",
      "scope": "string",
      "item_id": "string",
      "detail": {
        "id": "string",
        "changes": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "action": "string",
            "field": "string",
            "before": null,
            "after": null
          }
        ],
        "merge": {
          "type": "string",
          "source": null,
          "target": null
        },
        "trigger": {
          "job_type": "string",
          "job_id": "string",
          "payload": null
        },
        "name": "string",
        "short_id": "string",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
    }
  ],
  "next": "http://example.com",
  "previous": "http://example.com",
  "total_count": 0
}

Retrieve environments insights analyze

DRF ViewSet mixin that gates coalesced responses behind permission checks.

The QueryCoalescingMiddleware attaches cached response data to request.META["_coalesced_response"] for followers. This mixin runs DRF's initial() (auth + permissions + throttling) before returning the cached response, ensuring the request is authorized.

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Example request

GET /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id/analyze
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id/analyze/

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve environments insights suggestions

DRF ViewSet mixin that gates coalesced responses behind permission checks.

The QueryCoalescingMiddleware attaches cached response data to request.META["_coalesced_response"] for followers. This mixin runs DRF's initial() (auth + permissions + throttling) before returning the cached response, ensuring the request is authorized.

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Example request

GET /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id/suggestions
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id/suggestions/

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments insights suggestions

DRF ViewSet mixin that gates coalesced responses behind permission checks.

The QueryCoalescingMiddleware attaches cached response data to request.META["_coalesced_response"] for followers. This mixin runs DRF's initial() (auth + permissions + throttling) before returning the cached response, ensuring the request is authorized.

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • name
    stringnull
  • derived_name
    stringnull
  • query
  • order
    integernull
  • deleted
    boolean
  • dashboards
    array
  • description
    stringnull
  • tags
    array
  • favorited
    boolean
  • _create_in_folder
    string

Example request

POST /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id/suggestions
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/:id/suggestions/\
	-d name=["string","null"]

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve environments insights all activity

Project-wide audit trail across all insights — who created, edited, deleted, or restored insights, what changed (with before/after diffs), and when. Useful for surfacing what people (or agents) have been working on recently.

Required API key scopes

activity_log:read

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"
  • limit
    integer
  • page
    integer

Response


Example request

GET /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/activity
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/activity/

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
      "user": {},
      "activity": "string",
      "scope": "string",
      "item_id": "string",
      "detail": {
        "id": "string",
        "changes": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "action": "string",
            "field": "string",
            "before": null,
            "after": null
          }
        ],
        "merge": {
          "type": "string",
          "source": null,
          "target": null
        },
        "trigger": {
          "job_type": "string",
          "job_id": "string",
          "payload": null
        },
        "name": "string",
        "short_id": "string",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
    }
  ],
  "next": "http://example.com",
  "previous": "http://example.com",
  "total_count": 0
}

Create environments insights bulk update tags

Bulk update tags on multiple objects.

Accepts:

  • {"ids": [...], "action": "add"|"remove"|"set", "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"]}

Actions:

  • "add": Add tags to existing tags on each object
  • "remove": Remove specific tags from each object
  • "set": Replace all tags on each object with the provided list

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • ids
    array
  • action
  • tags
    array

Response


Example request

POST /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/bulk_update_tags
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/bulk_update_tags/\
	-d ids="array",\
	-d action=undefined,\
	-d tags="array"

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "updated": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "tags": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "skipped": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "reason": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Create environments insights cancel

DRF ViewSet mixin that gates coalesced responses behind permission checks.

The QueryCoalescingMiddleware attaches cached response data to request.META["_coalesced_response"] for followers. This mixin runs DRF's initial() (auth + permissions + throttling) before returning the cached response, ensuring the request is authorized.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • name
    stringnull
  • derived_name
    stringnull
  • query
  • order
    integernull
  • deleted
    boolean
  • dashboards
    array
  • description
    stringnull
  • tags
    array
  • favorited
    boolean
  • _create_in_folder
    string

Example request

POST /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/cancel
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/cancel/\
	-d name=["string","null"]

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments insights generate metadata

Generate an AI-suggested name and description for an insight based on its query configuration.

Required API key scopes

insight:write

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • name
    stringnull
  • derived_name
    stringnull
  • query
  • order
    integernull
  • deleted
    boolean
  • dashboards
    array
  • description
    stringnull
  • tags
    array
  • favorited
    boolean
  • _create_in_folder
    string

Example request

POST /api/environments/:environment_id/insights/generate_metadata
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:environment_id/insights/generate_metadata/\
	-d name=["string","null"]

Example response

Status 200 No response body
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